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Joined: 10 Jul 2009 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 8 Aug 2009
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Posts: Total: 30 / Live: 10 / Archived: 20 		From: Ohio, USA
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kitty_the_kat   
28 Jul 2009
USA, Canada / Why no Polish stuff in Chicago? [41]

5??????? LoL
I think youre exaggerating a bit

Not in the least. There's Univision (channel 66), Telemundo (channel 44), and TeleFutura (channel 60). I know WGN 9 and WTTW 11 both have a Spanish version now too (on channels 9.2 and 11.4, respectively). That's 5 right there. And even 26.6, home to Polvision, often shows Spanish programs. I don't know how many radio stations there are, but I'd bet there are just as many.

Last night I was checking what's on TV. I went to Channel 26-6 Digital TV and they did have Polish program on Friday night. Tonight I will check it out. I think you won't be able to get it on Cable.

You probably saw Polvision. It's on every night, not just Fridays, from 8-10 pm CST and again from midnight-2. And it is, in fact, on cable. On Comcast digital cable, it is on channel 248, if I'm not mistaken.

Yeah what areas are the restaurants in?

Avondale, along Milwaukee Ave. in the north and Archer Heights, along Archer Ave. in the south.

Speaking of restaurants, does anyone know what happened to Bobak's?

I don't know how many radio stations there are, but I'd bet there are just as many.

I looked it up and counted 7...
WVIV-FM and WVIX 103.1 / 93.5
WRTO 1200 AM
WPPN 106.7
WOJO 105.1 FM
WNUA 95.5 MHz
WLEY-FM 107.9 FM
WRTE 90.5 FM

So, yeah, 5 doesn't seem like an exaggeration at all...
kitty_the_kat   
15 Jul 2009
Language / Interesting inconsistency between Polish and Russian [71]

A funny false friend: dynia is pumpkin in Polish, but dinnye is melon in Hungarian. Looks like our ancestors were always too drunk and could never taste the plants in their garden.

You want to know an even funnier Polish-Hungarian false friend? "buzi," as in "daj mi buzi"--in Polish, well you probably all know it's a kiss. But in Hungarian it means "gay." =D
kitty_the_kat   
15 Jul 2009
Life / Polish stereotypes of other nationalities!? [472]

sirgeorge8600:
well I live in America and people here are too hypocritical and materialized.

AWESOME Stereotype! Just I have heard it before... Im starting to wonder if it is true

It is :)

there is a saying 'jak w czeskim filmie' 'czeski film - nikt nic nie wie' - noone knows what's going on and what it is all about

I saw a Czech film once... I understood it, but wasn't sure if I liked it or not. =P

Calicoe
Wow, that's interesting! I have to look into that...
kitty_the_kat   
12 Jul 2009
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]

I had goulash soup with added paprika yesterday and some dish with sausage and beans just 10 mins ago (lencsefozelek kolbasszal).

Hah, I had goulash once...at a Polish restaurant oddly enough. =D
kitty_the_kat   
10 Jul 2009
Genealogy / Polish looks? [1462]

When you go to Chicago, you can almost always spot a Polish person, by the way they dress, look and walk.

Hehe, it's true for the most part. I lived there for nearly 20 years and I can usually spot a Polish person before I even hear them talking =]

I am 3rd generation Polish, and when I introduce myself to new people they ask, so when did you come to America? and what country are you from? Even close friends would swear that I am Russian, and where I work even foreign exchange students think I am one of them!

Hehe, the international students here sometimes think I'm one of them too, but the Americans all know better. ;)

I don't like US boys...

lol, me neither. That's why I got me a nice Hungarian. =D Polak, Wegier, dwa bratanki... ;)

So, what is a Hungarian-shaped face?

round.
kitty_the_kat   
10 Jul 2009
Genealogy / Are all Poles blue eyed and blonde? [451]

I've heard from many people that I kind of look Asian (let alone, I have blonde hair as I said above) BUT I have heard that regardless.

Yeah, I have been told by all kinds of people that I have an Asian eye shape, including Asians themselves.

me too! its probly from poland & hungary

Yeah, I used to get that a lot too. A Chinese person asked me if I was from Korea... Pakistanis have thought me Chinese and "Tai" (not sure if they meant Thai or Taiwanese...)... A half-Japanese/half-German guy thought I was some kind of Eurasian mix too... A Russian said I looked Japanese... A Kazakh said I looked like I could be Mongol or Turk...And both a Pole and an American have said I looked "Asian" (whatever that's supposed to mean...it's a big continent, after all. ;) ). I've had to explain to people that no, I'm not from China, and no, I can not go back there, because I've never even been there once. %) And that the reason I speak English so well is because I was born in the US. Sheesh. It became so tedious always explaining this that I began outright telling people I met "I'm not Asian--at least not to my knowledge--so don't ask." At least, that's what I heard from people who saw me in photos. People who saw me in real life never said that. Go figure. =P

But I don't have blonde hair or blue eyes. My hair's a sort of reddish-brown and my eyes are green-brown. Though I can't claim "100%" Polishness. ;) =P

If anyone's familiar with the "Zakopane maiden" nesting dolls, they should know that at least Gorale can have pretty dark hair.

except for all the polish ladies (esp older ones) colouring their hair the most disgusting shades of red that i could have ever imagined - anything from carrot to some mixture of purple and ruby red - ouch!!

Hey! I've been told I look good with red hair. =P I've dyed it with henna sometimes. But I'm not an old lady.....

Rude to falszywe

Hahaha! It's true! I'm totally dishonest!